The Lore of ships
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Tre Tryckare; Crescent
Published: 1963
Place of publication: Gothenburg, Sweden; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 279
Subjects: Ships; Naval architecture; History
Description: Presents the history of ship design through plans and diagrams of ships and their component parts, with a minimum of text.
Table of contents: title: Pictorial contents -- Introduction / by Captain -- Sam Svensson; title: The hull  -- commentary by -- William A. Baker; title: Spars and rigging  -- commentary by Captain -- Sam Svensson; title: The sail  -- commentary by Captain -- Sam Svensson; title: Propulsion  -- commentary by -- Tage Blum; title: Fishing  -- commentary by -- Georg Timmermann; title: Yachting  -- commentary by -- George P.B. Naish; title: Gunnery  -- commentary by -- Alan W.H. Pearsall; title: Navigation and ship-handling -- commentary by-- Rolf Scheen.